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. >> obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to italians who are going to build jeeps in china. >> reporter: chrysler and gm angrily denied that they are shifting u.s. production to china. and joe biden accused romney of lying and causing panic among autoworkers in ohio. >> thousands of them are calling their uaw reps, "is it true, is it true? is jeep really going to leave? is the announcement not true? are they going to shut down our plant?" what a cynical, cynical thing to do. >> reporter: but the romney campaign does see some positive signs out there, especially in pennsylvania, minnesota and michigan. three states that have been considered solidly democratic, but where the obama campaign is now suddenly playing defense, spending more than $1 million on tv ads for the final week. diane? >> also on the campaign trail, jonathan karl. thank you, jon. >>> and coming up here next, flammable gas leaking and it's not just a danger in the storm zone. look. our experiment tonight on this invisible threat. hi, i just switched jobs, and i want to roll over my old 401(k)
. >> obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to italians who are going to build jeeps in china. >> reporter: chrysler and gm angrily denied that they are shifting u.s. production to china. and joe biden accused romney of lying and causing panic among autoworkers in ohio. >> thousands of them are calling their uaw reps, "is it true, is it true? is jeep really going to leave? is the announcement not true? are they going to shut down our plant?"...
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now, remember back in january, he was part of that halftime in america ad for chrysler. a lot of people thought that was helping president obama. a couple of weeks ago, he went to wisconsin, endorsed mitt romney. the campaign is no, sir sayi ii what is surprise is going to be. i think people are hoping it is clint. >> we know convention rumors. if it's not him -- >> might be a disappointment. >> that's right. okay, thank you, george. >>> and time now to tell you that, of course, george and i will be back again, as always, tonight, to bring you those big speeches. but we've noticed there is one name that is almost never mentioned in this convention hall. former president george w. bush. neither he or his father will be here. but his brother, the former governor of florida, jeb bush, stopped by to talk with us a moment ago. and i asked him about the silence about his presidential brother. >> i'm speaking tomorrow and i probably shouldn't say this on national news, maybe i won't say it, but i may say something nice about him. what the heck? >> reporter: and does it feel a l
now, remember back in january, he was part of that halftime in america ad for chrysler. a lot of people thought that was helping president obama. a couple of weeks ago, he went to wisconsin, endorsed mitt romney. the campaign is no, sir sayi ii what is surprise is going to be. i think people are hoping it is clint. >> we know convention rumors. if it's not him -- >> might be a disappointment. >> that's right. okay, thank you, george. >>> and time now to tell you that,...
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arguing that general motors, ford and chrysler get the bailout, you can kiss the automotive industry good-bye. all of you had your jobs saved? >> yes. >> reporter: it's a tricky argument. romney says he always backed the automakers going through a managed bankruptcy, which is what president obama did. but romney says it's the billions in government bailout money that came with it that was a sweetheart deal for the unions. this michigan mother was out of work 14 months. today, she's back on the job as an electrician on the assembly line. >> it worked. there's results. we're on our way back. we're profitable again. >> reporter: but there is an argument, that it shouldn't have been the government. it should have been a private entity. >> yes, but who? what private entity would have saved an industry? where are we going to get that money from? >> reporter: jeff clow said it wasn't just his job saved, it was the police officer, the teacher, the ripple effect for every worker on the assembly line. >> it would have been devastating. >> it's going to be a hard sell for some people in michiga
arguing that general motors, ford and chrysler get the bailout, you can kiss the automotive industry good-bye. all of you had your jobs saved? >> yes. >> reporter: it's a tricky argument. romney says he always backed the automakers going through a managed bankruptcy, which is what president obama did. but romney says it's the billions in government bailout money that came with it that was a sweetheart deal for the unions. this michigan mother was out of work 14 months. today, she's...
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. >> reporter: the ad from chrysler ran during halftime of the super bowl and featured clint eastwood talking about how it was also halftime in america. >> the people of detroit know a little something about this. they almost lost everything. but, we all pulled together. now motor city is fighting again. it's halftime, america, and our second half is about to begin. >> reporter: the ad immediately became a political football. with aides to president obama tweeting it out approvingly, embracing it as rah-rah for president obama's auto industry bailout. >> it does point out a simple fact, which is that the automobile industry in this country was on its back. and so, he made the decisions he made, and believes they were the right decisions. >> reporter: republicans pounced on the ad as auto execs making an inappropriate presidential payback. >> the leadership of the auto companies feel they need to do something to repay their political patrons. i was frankly offended by it. >> reporter: chrysler insists the ad was apolitical, and eastwood, famously republican, insisted he was decidedly n
. >> reporter: the ad from chrysler ran during halftime of the super bowl and featured clint eastwood talking about how it was also halftime in america. >> the people of detroit know a little something about this. they almost lost everything. but, we all pulled together. now motor city is fighting again. it's halftime, america, and our second half is about to begin. >> reporter: the ad immediately became a political football. with aides to president obama tweeting it out...
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. >> reporter: just tonight we learned, next week, chrysler will announce it's hiring 1,600 workers at an assembly plant. so, why all of the sudden the jump-start? economists say a huge part of this, car parts built in america. parts that usually come from overseas, largely japan. and after that natural disaster last year, america picked up the slack. something we saw on this ford assembly line in kansas city. the glass here? where is that from? >> tennessee. >> reporter: the door? >> it comes from chicago. >> reporter: the question is, will that level of production continue in this new year, even as japan recovers. the good news, 34,000 manufacturing jobs added to the economy in the last quarter. consumers, increasing their spending by 2%. and the president, in that exclusive interview with diane, saying those numbers only add to the gains already made. >> we're now in a position where we're starting to come back. we've created 3 million jobs over the last 22 months. >> reporter: but today, we wanted a reality check on the ground. >> trimming off the edges on the pan. >> reporter: rea
. >> reporter: just tonight we learned, next week, chrysler will announce it's hiring 1,600 workers at an assembly plant. so, why all of the sudden the jump-start? economists say a huge part of this, car parts built in america. parts that usually come from overseas, largely japan. and after that natural disaster last year, america picked up the slack. something we saw on this ford assembly line in kansas city. the glass here? where is that from? >> tennessee. >> reporter: the...
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chrysler has paid back all of its money. and gm has paid back half of what it owes. you have to keep in mind, the american taxpayer owns 30% of this company. owns it in stock. washington waiting for that stock price to go up before it can recoup all of that money. it went up $2 today. on this great news, diane. >> in the meantime, i love the worker saying, i can jump and touch the sky. david, thanks so much. >>> as you know, the news out of gm energized wall street today. it saw the biggest rally of the year. the dow up 123 points, closing just shy of the 13,000 mark. the highest close in nearly four years. the market was also buoyed by news that jobless claims have plunged to the lowest level in nearly four years. >>> and now, after two years, a terrorist faced justice today. the nigerian man known as the underwear bomber was sentenced to life in prison, for attempting to blow up a jetliner on christmas day two years ago. as the courtroom saw a video of what would have happened if the explosive had worked. abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, following
chrysler has paid back all of its money. and gm has paid back half of what it owes. you have to keep in mind, the american taxpayer owns 30% of this company. owns it in stock. washington waiting for that stock price to go up before it can recoup all of that money. it went up $2 today. on this great news, diane. >> in the meantime, i love the worker saying, i can jump and touch the sky. david, thanks so much. >>> as you know, the news out of gm energized wall street today. it saw...